Philip Poole (soccer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1981 (age 43–44) | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle, England | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Carolina Ascent (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newcastle United | |||
| Hull City | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Wingate Bulldogs | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2018 |
Charlotte Soccer Academy (academy director) | ||
| 2019 |
Wake Forest Demon Deacons (women; associate head coach) | ||
| 2020–2024 |
United States (women; goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2024– | Carolina Ascent | ||
Philip Poole (born 1981) is an English professional soccer coach who is the head coach of USL Super League club Carolina Ascent.
Career
Born in Newcastle, Poole played youth football for Newcastle United and Hull City before coming to the United States to attend Wingate University in North Carolina.[1] With the Wingate Bulldogs, he won two South Atlantic Conference titles and captained the team two years.[1] After graduating in 2004, he moved into coaching and had stints as an assistant/goalkeeping coach with the Wingate Bulldogs, Charlotte 49ers, Charlotte Eagles, Charlotte Independence, and Puerto Rico men's national team.[1]
In the Charlotte youth scene, he was the executive director of the Lake Norman Soccer Club and then the girls' academy director for the Charlotte Soccer Academy.[1] In 2019, he spent one season with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons as the associate head coach to Tony da Luz.[1]
Poole began working for the United States Soccer Federation as a youth coach and scout in 2012.[1] He was the goalkeeping coach for the women's under-20 team at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the under-23 team from 2017 to 2019. In 2020, he joined Vlatko Andonovski's coaching staff with the women's full team.[2]
In January 2024, Poole was named the head coach of the newly formed Carolina Ascent ahead of the USL Super League's inaugural season.[3] He earned his U.S. Soccer Pro License the same month.[4][5] In the inaugural regular season, he led the Ascent to top the final standings and win the USL Super League Players' Shield.[6] Poole was named the league's Coach of the Year at the end of the season.[7]
Honors and awards
Carolina Ascent
Individual
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Philip Poole". Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ "Philip Poole Named Goalkeeper Coach for the U.S. Women's National Team". United States Soccer Federation. September 16, 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ Connuck, Shane (January 2, 2024). "Philip Poole, USWNT assistant, named first head coach of Charlotte USL Super League team". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ "Eleven Coaches From Across Professional Soccer Landscape Complete 2023 U.S. Soccer Pro License Course". United States Soccer Federation. January 19, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ Kassouf, Jeff (January 2, 2024). "Why Philip Poole sees a big opportunity as first head coach of USL Super League Carolina". The Equalizer. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ Goldberg, Steve (June 4, 2025). "What went right for Ascent in USL Super League debut". The Charlotte Post. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
- ^ a b "Carolina Ascent FC's Philip Poole voted USL Super League Coach of the Year". USL Super League. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
- ^ "Carolina Ascent claims 2024/25 USL Super League Players' Shield". USL Super League. May 17, 2025. Retrieved May 19, 2025.